The third annual Caring for Community awards recognizes exceptional community service, support and work by individuals and organizations over the past year.
CAFF was nominated by a community member for the award and the community voted for the winner.
“This staff is dedicated to ensuring that all children in the system are being fostered by well-trained families who will love and care for them despite backgrounds,” the nomination read. “CAFF is helping redefine what a family is. It’s wonderful to see and it’s inspiring.”
CAFF has shifted to being intentional and transparent in its recruitment and training efforts to ensure they are providing children and their families of origin with culturally and racially competent care from foster families and case managers.
They provide a transracial fostering and adoption group that processes and works with families to determine how they can support children who do not share their same race and culture.
They also address how parents can advocate for children when they encounter racism and discrimination.
CAFF provides an annual mandatory Cultural Humility, Inclusivity and Competency training and a Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth in Foster Care training to foster families and partners.
Additionally, September is National Kinship Awareness Month and CAFF works closely with partners and kinship families to support kinship care for children experiencing foster care.
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Crystal Graham
